News discussed:
Update on Texas abortion law - the Justice Department sued the entire state
UK government mulled bringing in the army to help ease supply disruption triggered by a shortage of truck drivers
China negotiated with terrorists, releases Huawei exec in exchange for release of two Canadians.
Reason on California math curriculum
Google & Apple both removed Navalny app from app stores, Irony meters everywhere have exploded
Telegram also shut down a bot that could text out Navalny’s picks
Judge said NY vaccine mandate for healthcare workers must have religious exemption
Online pastor immediately began selling religious exemptions
Relevant: wine during prohibition
US, UK, and Australia formed military alliance
No more single-family zoning in California!
Very little effect on San Francisco area since lots there are too small
GOP-backed “cyber ninjas” audit Arizona election, find more votes for Biden than original count.
Review on trigger warnings finds that they are counterproductive
Happy News!
Basel Soukaneh, a man who suffered abuse by a CT police officer, overcomes qualified immunity.
Denmark has lifted all covid restrictions!
Rally to protest the treatment of suspects of participation in the Jan. 6 is apparently 90% undercover feds
L.A. County D.A. to dismiss 60,000 past marijuana convictions
Petition for Jessica Watkins to be held in home detention pretrial, including descriptions of her abuse at the hands of the corrections officers
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Episode 40 - Exploding Irony Meters